This book on HIV/ AIDS is a comprehensive manual which deals with various aspects of its diagnosis and treatment. It discusses the antiretroviral drugs available, pre-and-post-exposure prophylaxis and the effect of HIV on various important organs of the body like the kidneys, bones and liver. Because the body’s immune system is compromised it is also vulnerable to what are also known a ‘opportunistic infections with tuberculosis, cryptococcal meningitis and pneumocystics carinii.

There have been remarkable advances in the management of the previously near fatal diseases and this publication describes them in some detail and gives reasons for hope.